Feb 9, 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today introduced the Postmark Payment Act of 2012, a bill that would require that any payment of a bill or invoice, if sent by U.S. mail, be considered sent on the date its envelope was postmarked. The bill would exempt any payment where another method, […]
Statement by Fredric Rolando, President of the National Association of Letter Carriers, on the USPS Financial Report for the First Quarter of FY 2012 WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2012 – Despite the headline on its press release, the U.S. Postal Service announced today a net operating profit of $200 million delivering the mail in the first […]
“Federal employees from AFGE Locals representing Veterans Affairs nurses, Defense Department workers and federal corrections officers ask GOP lawmakers to “explain it to me” how cutting federal pay and benefits helps put Americans back to work.” American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO also http://explainittomegop.wordpress.com/
The official 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement [PDF]between the USPS and the APWU is being printed and will be ready for shipping shortly, Director of Industrial Relations Mike Morris has announced. In the meantime, copies can be viewed and downloaded from the APWU Web site. Orders for printed copies will be accepted online at the APWU […]
“This bill is an outrageous attack on postal and federal employees.” – APWU President Cliff Guffey A House committee approved legislation on Feb. 7 that would cut pensions for postal and federal employees, while increasing the contributions the workers must make toward their retirement. The party-line vote was 22-16, with Republicans voting in favor of […]
Defendants worked at post offices in Massapequa Park, Hicksville, and Uniondale MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that three United States postal workers have been arrested and charged with stealing more than $4,000 in separate incidents in post offices in Massapequa Park, Hicksville, and Uniondale. This morning, DA Investigators arrested […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following reaction to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service lost $3.3 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012: “While today’s announcement that the U.S. Postal Service lost $3.3 billion in the first […]
WASHINGTON, DC — In a move to raise awareness of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, the U.S. Surgeon General, the host from NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” and the American Heart Association joined the Postmaster General in dedicating the 2012 Social Awareness Heart Health Forever stamp. The stamp plays a key motivational role in a competition featured […]
Cynthia Landore Faces Possible Jail Time February 8, 2012 – ABINGDON, VIRGINIA — The former Postmaster of the Hiltons, Virginia Post Office pled guilty this morning in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon to embezzlement charges. Cynthia K. Landore, 56, of Bristol, Tenn., was indicted in November 2011 […]
Washington, Feb 8 – Yesterday, Rep. Waters introduced H.R. 3916, the Protecting Post Offices Act, which would reduce the operating costs of the US Postal Service to provide continued service in urban and rural communities and save 28,000 American jobs. She is joined by American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO in support of this much needed […]